diff --git a/phew/__init__.py b/phew/__init__.py
index 5d08a45..a412c2c 100644
--- a/phew/__init__.py
+++ b/phew/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# highly recommended to set a lowish garbage collection threshold 
-# to minimise memory fragmentation as we sometimes want to 
+__version__ = "0.0.2"
+
+# highly recommended to set a lowish garbage collection threshold
+# to minimise memory fragmentation as we sometimes want to
 # allocate relatively large blocks of ram.
 import gc
 gc.threshold(50000)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fdfdb98..206a7c1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="micropython-phew",
-    version="0.0.1-post1",
+    version="0.0.2",
     description="A small webserver and templating library specifically designed for MicroPython on the Pico W.",
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",